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Kumudendu
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Born9th century CE
Died9th century CE
ReligionJainism
SectDigambara
Notable work(s)Siribhoovalaya
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Kumudendu Muni (Kannada: ಕುಮುದೇಂದು ಮುನಿ) was a Digambara monk who authored Siribhoovalaya, a unique multi-lingual literary work. Scholars are divided about when he lived and not much is known about him. It is believed that he was the spiritual teacher of King Amoghavarsha and a disciple of Virasena and Jinasena. He is said to have lived around thousand years ago. Pandit Yellappa Shashtri was the first one to decipher his creation, Siribhoovalaya. Karlamangalam Srikantaiah, the editor of the first edition, claims that the work may have been composed around 800 AD.

Biography

Kumudendu Muni was a Digambara monk who authored Siribhoovalaya, a unique multi-lingual literary work. Scholars are divided about when he lived and not much is known about him. It is believed that he was the spiritual teacher of King Amoghavarsha and a disciple of Virasena and Jinasena.[1] He is said to have lived around thousand years ago. Pandit Yellappa Shashtri was the first one to decipher his creation, Siribhoovalaya.[2] Karlamangalam Srikantaiah, the editor of the first edition, claims that the work may have been composed around 800 AD.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Scholarly opinion of S. Srikanta Sastri on "SIRIBHOOVALAYA"". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jain, Anil Kumar (2013), Creativity in Cryptography: An Epic Scripted in Numerals Only, p. 1[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Introduction to SiriBhoovalaya

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